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Illinois drivers pay nation’s second-highest gas taxes ahead of Memorial Day – Illinois Policy
Gas prices in Illinois are up 48 percent from last Memorial Day.
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Audio and summary Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
May 19, 2026
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A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer – Chicago’s struggling commercial real estate and more
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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That’s what the voters want. JB supported the new gas tax and the voters re-elected him to the governors mansion. Democracy in action. God Bless the USA!!!
JB needs to suspend the gas tax nor. At lease fo diesel fuel. Desolate trucks deliver food and goods to the public. Doing this might keep prices stable. But Pritzker doesn’t care about law abiding US citizens!
And will AUTOMATICALLY INCREASE JUNE 1st based on INFLATION.
Thank you JB and the democrats for automatic tax increases. Done of their best FU legislation. Increase rates on the tollway for Chicago busses which haven’t had a increase since 2018 isn’t far behind. A s ong s democrats run this state we are screwed although fixing it at this point is probably impossible.